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N 55° 46.221
E 37° 35.754

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Picture of Moscow subway stations (Russia): Ceiling lights at Mayakovskaya subway stationOn one of my rides on the Moscow subway, I ended up not going to my original destination, but stopped at all stations on the Koltsevaya, or Ring, line, soaking up the art of the places, just like I would have done in any museum. Most of the stations, I would visit like I would any interesting museum: slowly moving from one piece of art to the next, taking time to study a sculpture, a mosaic, a panel with bright colours. In some occasions, I would study the ceiling, or the crystal chandeliers, the frames around the art; in some stations, there are still communist symbols like the hammer-and-sickle. Using the subway is, in a way, also like stepping back in time: while in the world upstairs communism has disappeared and replaced by a raw form of capitalism, the underground world still hails the good sides of communism. In fact, the Moscow subway system was only started in the mid-1930s, under Stalin, and grew into a very efficient way of transportation, carrying a staggering nine million passengers each day. While the frequency of trains is legendary and indeed helps to make this system work seemingly flawlessly, the only thing I missed was a clearer signaling of station names. On my underground quest for discovering beautiful stations, I never felt pressed by time, missing many trains and knowing that the next one was about to arrive. It was a special feeling to use the subway like this: a station would temporarily flood after the arrival of a train, the crowd would disappear and the train depart, leaving behind an almost empty station, until the arrival of the next train. The Moscow subway system shows that functionality and form can be a perfect combination.

Visited: May 2011

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